John Cena recently spoke with the GQ-Magazine website out of the U.K. for an in-depth interview to promote "The Peacemaker" original series on HBO Max.
During the discussion, the future WWE Hall of Fame legend and growing acting sensation in Hollywood spoke about implementing his "Hustle, Loyalty & Respect" WWE catchphrase in his real life, as well as whether or not he misses full-time touring with WWE.
Featured below are some of the highlights from the interview where he touches on these topics with his thoughts.
On how much his WWE catchphrase about "Hustle, Loyalty & Respect" plays into his everyday life: I mean, I would consider myself hard working. And given this year will be my 20th anniversary with the WWE, I think one could also use the word “committed,” or “loyal”. And you use the word positive to describe my Twitter presence — I mean, we could go back and forth and discuss that because I talk about failure, frustration, loss, and heartbreak. I think I’m just less argumentative than a lot of folks out there. I think “respect” is also a word that can define my human personality, as much as the fictional creation that bears my birth name. I think those are three safe words that you could clump together and say, Hey, this is who I am as a human being.
On whether or not he misses the touring lifestyle of full-time wrestling in WWE: "I miss it every day. Every single day. But I’ll be 45 on April 23rd, and I was very fortunate to make it as long as I did with only a minor list of injuries. Nothing that has changed the trajectory of my long term health. I’m strong, flexible, and in really good shape externally, internally. I think now, being a full-time touring performer might start to hit that point of diminishing returns, and I have to be realistic when I look at that."
Check out the complete interview at GQ-Magazine.co.uk.
